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45 years ago today this tiny article appeared in the back of the NYT. Apparently we haven’t learned a fucking thing. BTW, oops it wasn’t just the gays who had it. Replace that with “only old and vulnerable are at risk” and you’ll see why history repeats.
ALT Picture of black and white text from a New York Times newspaper article dated July 3, 1981. Large text reads RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS. Smaller text reads outbreak occurs among men in New York and California - 8 died inside 2 years, by Lawrence K. Altman
Phillip______ retweeted
I'm going to say it: If you thought Epstein was bad, wait until you hear about the society that let up to 6 million children develop longterm disabilities and then still wouldn't do anything about it.
nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2024/char…
Phillip______ retweeted
Attention "activists": You don't get to use Palestine as a shield for your denial of the ongoing pandemic.
Phillip______ retweeted
The New York Times published this article in June 2020, then we pretended it never happened.
“The emerging picture indicates that the model for HIV treatment, a cocktail of antiviral drugs, may be a good bet for those with mild illness..." nytimes.com/2020/06/26/healt…
ALT New York Times June 26, 2020 “How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System In a disturbing parallel to H.I.V., the coronavirus can cause a depletion of important immune cells, recent studies found.”
Phillip______ retweeted
maybe one day as a society we can honestly address this...
ALT “WHILE THE OUTSIDE WORLD RUSHES TO MOVE ON, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PANDEMIC HAS YET TO FULLY LEAVE MY BODY. PARTS OF MY BODY, MY MIND, MY SPIRIT ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE LIMBO OF PANDEMIC DESPAIR, PANDEMIC DEPRESSION, PANDEMIC NUMBNESS, PANDEMIC SURVIVAL. I WILL NOT BE PRESSURED TO MOVE AT THE BREAKNECK SPEED OF CAPITALISM THAT WANTS TO FORGET EVERYTHING. I WILL REMIND MYSELF AS OFTEN AS I CAN TO MOVE AT THE PACE OF MY OWN HEALING, AND BE ATTUNED TO MY OWN SLOW AND TENDER NEEDS.” -YUMI SAKUGAWA
Phillip______ retweeted
It’s been over 6 years. Taking the temporal aspect into consideration, COVID-19 is the most researched disease in the history of medicine.
The excuse that it’s a new disease and we don’t know much yet might’ve been acceptable in 2020.
It doesn’t hold anymore.
3/3
Phillip______ retweeted
There is a small group of people scattered around the world who in spite of vicious social pressure refused to participate in the causing of massive harm to those around them while everyone else folded almost immediately. And we’ve held out for years. We own the future, join us
Phillip______ retweeted
You’re all ignoring that COVID is disabling kids by the millions while you insist that disabled lives aren’t worth living.
Phillip______ retweeted
Denying that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a broad range of sequelae across organs and body systems is pseudoscience. Denying that we need a case definition for Long Covid which accounts for such a broad range of sequelae is harmful for our advocacy. People must do better
Phillip______ retweeted
We must be crystal clear about a few points. Long Covid is not a "poorly understood neuroimmune disorder" with no biomarkers. It is a widely studied biological medical condition. Pathology spanning basically all body systems is well documented, with damage in situ across organs
Phillip______ retweeted
Hey @WIRED
Want to try real journalism? I'll talk on the record, and give access to my medical records. Hell its all been posted here anyway. Persistent CD4 lymphopenia that was not present before SARS-CoV-2 infection and does respond to antivirals.
I dare you to cover it.
Phillip______ retweeted
gaslighting people for generations as they suffer & die from medical neglect & then demonizing them b/c *respectability politics* is truly one of the most consistent forms of daily social violence the privileged, professional-class enacts on disabled people, women & POC.
Phillip______ retweeted
Hey @WIRED,
I know a guy who is convinced he cured his Athlete's foot by balancing a sponge on his head whilst humming Bohemian Rhapsody.
I could write an article for you about it if you're interested.
I don't actually know anything about but I assume that won't matter to you.
Phillip______ retweeted
Reducing a multi-systemic vascular disaster to "identity formation" is an extraordinary act of clinical denial.
I am in my forties, navigating Long Covid and Vaccine Injury. I am an oncology RN. I have had to develop incredibly thick skin to survive the personal attacks on this platform, but let's bypass your behavioral theories and look at my actual medical file.
My "identity" consists of:
Neurological/Vascular:
2 strokes, frontal lobe atrophy, aphasia, facial nerve palsy, microvascular damage and 3 confirmed vascular compressions.
Immune/Hematology: Reactivated EBV, shingles, low B-cells, high platelets, and low MPV.
Systemic: Extreme dysautonomia, polyposis, blurry vision, many new allergies (confirmed), and the devastating loss of a baby.
I do not want a label. I do not want an identity. I want to not die.
While internet commentators try to rebrand organic tissue damage as a psychological crisis, a top vascular surgeon actually looked at my objective data and fast-tracked me for a surgical assessment this month.
The virus is quietly destroying the human vascular infrastructure while you argue about semantics. We don't need coping mechanisms; we need real medical care.
Phillip______ retweeted
...with a history of traumatic events (including emotional trauma).
This shows that—even for psychological disorders that are known to directly result from psychological trauma—the etiology of the disorder is PHYSIOLOGICAL, not "mental."
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